Editing Corsican language (section)

==== Transitional area ====
Across the Northern and Southern borders of the line separating the Northern dialects from the Southern ones, there is a transitional area picking up linguistic phenomena associated with either of the two groups, with some local peculiarities. Along the Northern line are the dialects around [[Piana, Corsica|Piana]] and [[Calcatoggio]], from Cinarca with [[Vizzavona]] (which form the conditional as in the South), and [[Fiumorbo]] through Ghisonaccia and Ghisoni, which have the retroflex {{IPA|co|ɖ|}} sound (written ''-dd-'') for historical {{smallcaps|-ll-}}; along the Southern line, the dialects of Ajaccio (retroflex ''-dd-'', realized as -''ghj''-, feminine plurals ending in ''i'', some Northern words like ''cane'' and ''accattà'' instead of ''ghjacaru'' and ''cumprà'', as well as ''ellu''/''ella'' and not ''eddu''/''edda''; minor variations: ''sabbatu'' > ''sabbitu'', ''u li dà'' > ''ghi lu dà''; final syllables often stressed and truncated: ''marinari'' > ''marinà'', {{lang|co|panatteri}} > ''panattè'', ''castellu'' > ''castè'', ''cuchjari'' > ''cuchjà''), the [[Gravona]] area, [[Bastelica]] (which would be classified as Southern, but is also noted for its typical rhotacism: ''Basterga'') and Solenzara, which did not preserve the Latin short vowels: ''seccu'', ''peru'', ''rossu'', ''croci'', ''pozzu''.